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Head to Dillard’s next week and support a great cause by shopping for ladies’ sportswear as part of “Dillard’s Gives Back” week-long shopping event!
During the event, $10 of every $100 spent on Calvin Klein clothing will be donated to Methodist Family Health. Donations will help provide children and families in Arkansas with quality, compassionate psychia[...]

by Curtis Lanning
Arkansas and Texas have a number of rivalries in football, cheese dip, etc. But there's one thing they share: Texarkana.
Though technically two cities, the shared area sits right on the Arkansas and Texas border in the far southwest corner of The Natural State.
For Texarkana, two cities doesn’t mean anything is cut in half. Rather,[...]

By Joe David Rice
Stephen Fuller Austin is universally regarded and largely revered as the Father of Texas. After his success in establishing Texas as a state within the Republic of Mexico and bringing in hundreds of American colonists, he later played a pivotal role in the triumphant drive for Texas independence. Austin, the state’s capital and the cente[...]

The Phantom Killer of Texarkana took five lives in 1946. But was he ever caught?
In the annals of true crime, one enduring mystery is the identity of the multiple murderer known as the Phantom Killer of Texarkana. In 1946, the twin cities with one name, conjoined by the Arkansas/Texas state line, were the hunting ground for the Phantom. He murdered fi[...]

In 1946, panic swept through Texarkana, on both sides of the Arkansas-Texas border. Over a period of three months, a man had murdered five people and wounded three others. In the first attacks, which targeted couples parked on lovers’ lanes, the female victims were sexually abused. The last known murder in the series occurred at a farmhouse. One survivor tol[...]

A skull cracking open sounds like a gunshot. That’s what Mary Jeanne Larey thought after she heard her boyfriend being hit on the head by a masked gunman. Mary Jeanne, 19, and 25-year-old Jimmy Hollis had sought privacy in his Chevy at a secluded spot off of Richmond Road on the Texas side of Texarkana after dinner and a movie. It was late Friday night, Fe[...]

For most boys, baseball is a game with individual dreams of the perfect game winning home run to the roar of the crowd. For brothers Marc and Matt Smith, their pedophile coach turned baseball into a childhood test of survival. From victim, to survivor to child advocate, the brothers are lifesaving game changers for Arkansas' children's safety.
Photography b[...]

The heart of a city can often be found via brick streets and winding avenues.
Across Arkansas, these streets serve as a pathway to bustling downtowns. You’ll find attractive store fronts filled with antiques and gifts, dining opportunities, historic sites, museums and more. Let these walking paths be your entry to unique spots across the state.
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Even without the great food, good performances and diverse shopping, Texarkana is worth a visit simply because it's like no other town.
Photography by Janet Warlick
clouds swelled overhead as Bill Scurlock opened the front doors of Pecan Point Gastropub & Brewery. Inside, "Templeton Morgan," is spelled out in the mosaic tiles just inside the[...]